#BCA273#BCA273

#BCA273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.070 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA273
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 115)
HSL	hsl(39, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 2.84, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 28.12, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0098 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.07 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7548, 37.7713, 21.5709)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA273 #738DBC

analogous

#BC7E73 #BCA273 #B2BC73

triadic

#BCA273 #73BCA2 #A273BC

tetradic

#BCA273 #73BC7E #738DBC #BC73B2

square

#BCA273 #73BC7E #738DBC #BC73B2

split-complementary

#BCA273 #73B2BC #7E73BC

monochromatic

#7A633A #A4854E #BCA273 #D0BD9C #E4D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA273

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA273	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.070 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd9b',
    500: '#bca273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca273;
$custom-light: #d1bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.07008,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA273

secondary

#B7C1D4

accent

#84CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA273

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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